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Intel logo Xeon E3-1230
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Intel Xeon E3-1230 logo Intel Core i7-920 logo
General information Xeon E3-1230 Core i7-920
Launched Q2 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Server Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Xeon E3 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Bloomfield
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 15.6 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 19.4 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 38.5 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Xeon E3-1230 Core i7-920
Overall Score 42633 0 % 36794 13.7 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 10 % 58.3 %
Benchmark Score 3304 0 % 1833 44.5 %
Single Thread Score 1663.3 0 % 1210.9 27.2 %
Encrypting Data 1550.3 MB/s 63.1 % 4201.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 84 MB/s 0 % 60.7 MB/s 27.7 %
String objects sorting 12767.1 thousand/s 0 % 8262 thousand/s 35.3 %
Prime numbers generation 23.9 millions/s 0 % 22.2 millions/s 7.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 19842.1 millions/s 0 % 15067 millions/s 24.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7357.2 millions/s 0 % 6445.7 millions/s 12.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Xeon E3-1230, Core i7-920.

Average frames per second Xeon E3-1230 Core i7-920
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 81.3 FPS 64.0 FPS
High settings 130.1 FPS 102.3 FPS
Medium settings 162.6 FPS 127.9 FPS
Low settings 203.2 FPS 159.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Xeon E3-1230 Core i7-920
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.5 FPS 115.2 FPS
High settings 200.8 FPS 184.3 FPS
Medium settings 251.0 FPS 230.4 FPS
Low settings 313.7 FPS 288.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.2 %
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